[Hiring] Surveyor - Home and Hospice Care Registered Nurse @Joint Commission

Role Description

Nationwide Search for a Home Health and Hospice Care Registered Nurse Surveyor. Seeking Registered Nurses located anywhere in the United States for this remote opportunity.

• Seeking Candidates with Home Health and Hospice Care experience.
• The RN Field Representative surveys hospice and home care organizations throughout the United States.
• Applies systems analysis skills and inductive reasoning skills to determine health care organizations' degree of compliance with applicable standards and functionality of care delivery systems.
• Engages health care organization staff in interactive dialogues on standards based issues in health care in order to assess compliance and to identify opportunities for improving compliance.
• Prepares management reports that clearly link individual standards deficiencies with potential systems vulnerabilities and related organization risk points.
• Effectively communicates this information to health care organization leadership in a constructive and collegial style.
• Participates in other Joint Commission activities as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications

• Graduate of approved school of nursing and hold a Master’s degree in appropriate discipline.
• Current professional license in discipline required at time of hire and must be maintained throughout the duration of employment.
• Certification requirement: Must hold a CPHQ certification (Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality) through National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) at time of hire or attain by 12/31/28.
• Five years of recent healthcare experience, including 3 years of direct clinical experience in the appropriate health care settings, and 2 years of accreditation or certification leadership or senior management experience.
• Knowledge of Joint Commission standards with direct involvement in two Joint Commission surveys.
• Previous experience in Home Healthcare and Hospice care required.
• Experience working in a Medicare Certified home health agency is required.
• Experience with DME (Durable Medical Equipment) preferred.
• Experience in a culturally diverse work environment; fluency in Spanish is a plus.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills, expertise in interviewing, and PC proficiency.

Requirements

• Must be able to observe, in real time and without slowing or otherwise interrupting the progress of all applicable types of ongoing health care treatment.
• Standing for long periods of time, walking lengthy distances, lifting, climbing, stooping, pulling, and pushing in order to adequately inspect and observe all medical facilities, equipment and procedures.
• Walking up and down stairways to test escape routes, assess safety of emergency exits, regulatory compliance, etc.
• Removing obstructed covers or impediments to equipment or other mechanical areas.
• Examining small and often dirty printed labels and print on equipment.
• Must be able to engage in extensive travel, including driving a car to remote locations, flying on small airplanes and into small airports, traveling in all types of weather conditions.
• Candidates interested in part-time positions must be available to work two or three weeks per month, and must provide three or four weeks of availability for the purpose of scheduling.
• All positions require 100% nationwide travel (paid).
• FTE Structure:
  • 1.0 FTE (full-time) must provide 4 weeks out of 4 weeks for travel.
  • .7 FTE must provide 3 out of 4 weeks for travel.
  • .48 FTE must provide 2 weeks out of 4 for travel.
• Due to extensive travel requirements, candidates must be located within approximately 50 miles of a major commercial airport with direct access to domestic and/or international flight routes and facilities capable of accommodating wide-body aircraft.

Benefits

• Full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, pension, and a generous paid time off (PTO) package.